Improvement in scythe-snaths



S. B. BATCHELR.

j Scythe Snath. y I No. 50.891.v v Patented Nov. 14, 1865.

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A l l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

S. B. .BA'JCIEIIilLOIt, OF LOWVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCYTHE-SNATHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,82, dated November 14, 1865.

To all 'whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, S. B.BA'roHELoE, of Lowville, in the county of Lewis and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Mode in the Manufacture of Scythe-Snaths; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature ofmy invention consists in making a scyt-he-siiath ot' three distinct pieces of timber instead' of one piece, as in the usual 1U.0 fle,therehy saving a large per cent. oflabor and timber, as hereinafter described.

In the common mode of manufacturing it is necessary to have the timber clear from knots or defects, making a waste of all the timber not five and a'half feet long between the knots. This ditliculty is overcomein my invention,`no section of the snath being over two and a halt' -feet long. The saving of labor in this new mode is quiteequalto the saving'in timber, as I am enabled, the snath being made in sections, to .turnV each piece in a gun-stocklathe linstead of continuing the very slow process of making them by hand.

j To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction.

I make my snath of any kind of tlmber suitable fo'r the purpose. I saw or'riveitinto pieces suitable for the snath. rIhe first orlower section of the snath, A, Figure 1, I make of suitable length to reach from the lower nib to the scythe.. The center piece or section, B, Fig. 1, I make .of suitable length to reach between the top and bottom nibs. 4The upper or top section, C, Fig. .1, I make fifteen inches long. I bend each section a suitable shape to make a snath when joined together, allowing enough in length on each section to admit of the lap in the joints without making the snath too short. After drying the timber sufficiently while on the molds I place it in the lathes and turn it to the desired shape, so that when each section is secured in its place it forms a complete and durable Scythe-smith. On the top end of section A, on the place where the lower nib is put, I place an iron ferrule, D, Fig. l. I then make a'tapering mortise or round holeinto` the end of section A, at D,fas large as the inside of thel ferrnle and threeinches deep, tapering to threeeight-hs ot' an inch at the bottom ot' the hole, asshown in- Fig. 2. f I make a tenen on the lower end of section B to tit in the hole at I), as shown in' Fig. 2. I put the joint together with glue, which makesthe snath as strong as it would be without a joint. V0n the end ot -section B, where'the topnib is put, l place a ferrule, E, Fig. 1, and put .the joint together in the same manner as section A and B at D, as showmin Fig. 3. I atta-ch the nibs to the snaths by drilling through the fet-rules D and E, into which l screw bolts F F, which are fastened lirrnlyin the nib-woods Gr G, cach ot' which has a` ferrule on its lower end, .and by screwing the bolts into the ferrules I) and E it fastens the nib lirmly to .the snath. The bolts F F pass through the tenon in the joints, which prevents the joints from getting ont ot place by using, as shown at D and E.

What l` claim as my invention, and desire` to lsecure by Letters Patent, is-

A scythe-snath constructed of two or more pieces ot' crooked timber joined together, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

S. B. BATCHELOR.

Witnesses:

E. S. BA'roHELoE, L. GOLDEN. 

